[Dixielandjazz] Organ Grinder Swing

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

Fats recorded it in 1929.

Then there's Count Basie's "Upright organ blues"...

--Sheik
dwlit at patriot.net
http://americanmusiccaravan.com

> A century or so ago, organs became very popular as musical instruments in
> the homes of the rich. There is one at Granogue, one of the early Du Pont
> mansions in Delaware. Placed in it's own "Organ Room" in the cellar, The
> larger pipes extend three stories high. Heard it played once.
> Magnificient.
>
> And who can forget Jimmy Smith and "Organ Grinder Swing"?  Ella Fitzgerald
> recorded the tune too, if memory serves me right. In the 1930s, there was
> interest in jazz organ. Fats Waller learned to play organ before piano.
> Then
> after WW 2, the Hammond popularized Jazz Organ among the modern jazzers.
>
> A well played organ swings.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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